HOUSE 809115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Fighting for Orange-Stricken Territories in the Eastern Region Act
- Last Action
- 2/6/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-06Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- 2017-02-01Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2017-02-01Introduced in House
- 2017-02-01Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-01 (00)
Fighting for Orange-Stricken Territories in the Eastern Region Act
This bill provides presumptive service connection to herbicide exposure, for purposes of eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs health benefits, for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa during the Vietnam War and who show symptoms of medical conditions associated with such exposure.
Cosponsors (20)
- Juan Vargas (D-CA)
- Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU)
- Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS)
- Bradley Byrne (R-AL)
- Paul Gosar (R-AZ)
- ROBERT BRADY (D-PA)
- Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ)
- David Rouzer (R-NC)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
- Ted Poe (R-TX)
- Tom McClintock (R-CA)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
- Daniel Webster (R-FL)
- Carlos Curbelo (R-FL)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD (D-CA)
Subjects
- American Samoa
- Asia
- Conflicts and wars
- Disability and paralysis
- Guam
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
- Vietnam
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